James Blase

Jim Blase is a 40-year experienced estate planning attorney practicing law in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the author of five books tracing the train travels of Theodore Roosevelt throughout the United States. All five books are intended as a tribute to the centennial anniversary of President Roosevelt’s passing, on January 6, 1919. Mr. Blase five books in the "Theodore Roosevelt's Travels Across America" series are:

Keep it for Your Children: Theodore Roosevelt’s 1903 Western Trip, first released by the author in 2019;

High Ideals: Theodore Roosevelt’s 1911 Western Trip, first released by the author in 2020;

REUNION: Theodore Roosevelt’s 1905 Southern Trips, first released by the author in 2021;

TWO FINE PEOPLE: Theodore Roosevelt's 1902 New England and Midwest Tours, first released by the author in 2022; and

A Bittersweet Journey: Theodore Roosevelt's 1902 New England Trip, first released by the author in 2022.

In 2020 Mr. Blase also edited and re-released The Ideals of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward H. Cotton, which book was originally published by the Curtis Publishing Company in 1922.

Mr. Blase first grew interested in studying the life of Theodore Roosevelt when, as a college freshman, he researched and wrote a term paper titled “The Education of Theodore Roosevelt.” He later lived nearby President Roosevelt’s boyhood home while attending the New York University Graduate Program in Taxation.